Summary
Throughout Samuel Hahnemann's career his guidelines regarding the preparation of homeopathic remedies continually
evolved. These started off as liquid potencies and evolved to 3 C triturations. A
new trend, trituration provings, claims that the trituration process can step-wise
disclose the essence of a remedy, revealing different aspects at each trituration
level. These claims are supported by the clinical cases presented by Timmerman. Evidence of the physico-chemical importance of trituration was presented by Botha and Ross. The Vibhuti C 4 proving provides an example of the different aspects revealed at
each trituration level, where the C 1 reveals a theme of obedience; the C 2 questioning
authority; the C 3 a struggle against authority and wisdom and acceptance at the C 4
level. The trituration proving thus results in a deeper understanding of the main
themes of the substance through experiencing the developmental stages of the remedy.
Key words
Vibhuti - Sri Sathya Sai Baba - Trituration - C 4 - Proving
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Dr Izel Botha
Dr Nevorndutt Somaru
Department of Homoeopathy
Durban University of Technology
P. O. Box 1334
4000 Durban
South Africa
Email: izelb@dut.ac.za
